Star Tech Journal

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STAR*TECH JOURNAL/FEBRUARY 1983
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IOL. 4/#1 MARCH '82
IOL. 4/#4 JUNE '82
Taito"Qix" New Rom Available • Nintendo "Donkey Kong" Cabinet
Problems • Service Notes: Atari "Centipede", Gottlieb "Black Hole",
Williams "Make Trax'' Increase Appeal Using Options • Nintendo
"Donkey Kong" PCB Interchangeability • Atari "Asteroids" Display
Problem • Gottlieb Switch Arcing Modification • New System
Preview/Williams "Hypertialr' • Stem Video PtM'8f Sllppy Inter-
changeability • Rock-Ola 473,474, 468-1 Cradit Mod • Gremlin/
Sega's Digital Tech Test (Part 3) • Midway "Klckman" Service
Notes • Gottlieb "Haunted House'" Prom ID • OY8Mlltage
Protection for WIiiiams "Defender' • Atari "Centipede": Erasing
High Sconls • Troubleshooting With The Logic Comparator •
Midway CRT Sli>stltutlons • Midway "Bosconlan" SeMce Video
Tal)9 • Service Tips: ROWII BIU Changers, WllNams FIIIJpers, Atari
Coln llocn • Midway's X-Y MonltorTnxiJle9haoting Guide (Part 2)
Gottlieb "Haunted House" Up Kicker Burnout Solution • Bally
"Rapid Fire·· Computer Volume Control • Exidy "Mouse Trap"
Enhancement Kit • Midway "M& Pac-Man" and "Galaga" Wavy
Video Mod • Nintendo "Donkey Kong" Static Problems • Gremlin/
Sega "Zaxxon" Joystick Handle Precaution • Gremlin/Sega
"Eliminator" Service Notes; Fuse Change, X-Y Timing PCB Mod,
Freeze Up Mod • Midway's Color TV Monitor Repair(Part 1) • New
System Preview/Atari's"Dig Dug" • Atari Introduces the"Pat 9000"
Test Station • Pace's Micro Portable Soldering and Desoldering
System• Taito"GrandChampion"CoinandResetMods • Midway
"Galaga" Lock-Up Mod • Venture Line "Looping'" Loss of Audio
Solution; Eprom Exchange. Power Supply Mod • Bright Sta(s New
Product Line• Deco"Lock"N' Chase/Cassette System Notes• On
The Service Trail ... PlnballSuggestion, Lock Gripe, Gremlin Repor1 •
lnOuizltive • Gottlieb Coil Chart
IOL. 4/#2 APRIL '82
IOL. 4/#5 JULY '82
Gottlieb's New System BOA • Nintendo "Donkey Kong" Pix Flip Mod
• Taito"Qix" Static Mod • Midway Mini"Pac-Man" Static Solution
• On The Service Trail ... Nintendo "Donkey Kong", Rowe Bill
Changers, Tommy Lift Gates, Stem Pop Bumpers, Midway "Ms. Pac-
Man" Notes • Taito "Qi>c"', Midway "Galaga·· & "Kickman" PCB
Lock-Up Mods • Midway "Kick''f'Kickman" Notes & Modttications
• Exidy "Mouse Trap" Audio Board Modttication • Bally "Flash
Gordon" Strobe Unit Service Tip • New System Pn!view/Gottlieb's
"Haunted House" • NickeVDime Adjustments for Jukebox Coln
Mechs. ROWIIRespondstoErickson. AtariMonitorTechTips.
Midway's X-Y Troubleshooting Guide (Part 3) • Midway "Ms. Pac-
Man: PCB layout. DlffiCIJlty Mod • Fluke's New Tester for
Troubleshooting Mlcroprocessof-Based Games • Doing Away With
That Tired Feeling • Gremlin/Sega's Digital Tech Test (Part 4)
Atari "Centipede" & Gottlieb "Haunted House" Service Tips • Stern
"Amidaf', "Scramble", "Super Cobra", lntermittents • Midway
Service Bulletins: "Pac-Man", "Galaga", "Kick-Man", "Bosconian",
"Rally-X", "Ms. Pac-Man", "Robby Roto", "Tron" • On The Service
Trail ... Control Panels, Video Game Adjustments • Service Tips:
Stem Flipper Assy's, Williams PS Connector, Stereo ~ Mono •
Pace's Fused Eyeletting System • Exidy "Mouse Trap" Stancl-0lf
Modttication • Gremlin/Sega "Turbo" Modtticatlons • Midway
"Pac-Man" Troooleshooting S1Bps • New System Preview/Gott1ieb's
"Caveman" • Williams "Robotron 2084" Game Adjustments •
Wells-Gardner Color X-Y Display Tech Tlp • Midway's Color TV
Monitor Repair (Part 2) • Atari "Di9-Dug' Static Mod • Williams
"Hypertialr Rev 4 Program/Function Settings • Atari "Di9-Dug"
Custom Clips • Gottlieb System 80 Solenoids • lnQuizltive
IOL. 4/#3 MAT '82
Service Tips: Gremlin/Sega "Turbo" Optics, Midway "Galaga" Free
Play Solution • Exidy "Venture" to "Pepper II" Conversion •
Technical Tips: Wells-Gardner Color X-Y Display • On The Service
Trail .. . The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg • Midway Service
Bulletins: "Galaga", "Tron", "Lazarian" • Wells-Gardner Vertical
Deflection Circuit Revision • Platts New Product Line • Service
Outlets For Rock-Ola Jukeboxes • Electrical Effects On The Body •
New System Preview/Bally/Midway's ''Tron" • Tilt • Atari's "Dig
Dug" Credit Accumulation/Temporary Fix • Pace's New Catalog of
Equipment • Midway's Color TV Monitor Repair (Part 3) • Gottlieb
System 80 Controlled Lamp CKT Troubleshooting • lnQuizlttw
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IOL. 4/#1 AUGUST '82
Field Service Tlps: Williams "Hypert)all" Notes, Williams PCB Inter-
changeability, Atari "Centipede" Board Revisions • New Input
Protection Circuit for Wells-Gardner Color X-Y Display • Stem
"Turtles'" Update Kit • Newport Joystick Replacement Solution •
On The Service Trail . . AOE '82 Show Report. Williams "Hyperbalr'
Location Notes, Williams "Hyperbalr' Handles, Response to Rowe
Letter • Williams "Hyperbalr' Ball Litt Motor Kit and control Panel
Alignment • Amual Technicians Convention • Gottlieb Transistor
am Diode Substitution Glide • Midway's X-Y MoritorTnllilleslmlir4l
Tips (Contirued) • Exidy "Mouse Trap" Joystick Modttication •
Additional Manu1acturer Customer Service Nurmers • New System
Preview/Stem's "Frenzy" • Atari "Centipede". "Asteroids" Tech Tips
• Interchangeability of Phono Volume Controls • Gottlieb "System
80" Prom List • Taito "Alpine Ski" Joystick Modification • Coln
Door Maintenance: Metal/ Plastic Coln Acceptors • lnQulzltlw
IOL. 4/#7 SEPTEMBER '82
Service Tips: Seeburg Phonos, Atari ''Tempest', Nintendo "Donkey
Kong" • Exidy "Victory'' to "Victor Banana" Moddication Kit • Atari
"Dig Dug" Credit Mod • Data East Monitor Spark Gap Cleaning,
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Monitor Grounding Kits • Gremlin/Sega GOB-003 Color X-Y
MonitorNoltage Analysis • Gottlieb System 80 Troubleshooting:
Game Operation. Switch Matrix • Rock-Ola Pricing Conversion •
New System Preview/Atari's "Kangaroo" • Nintendo "Donkey
Kong"/Adding a Slam Switch • On The Service Trail .
Gremlin/Sega "Zaxxon" Joystick. Wico Contact Sets, Atari Mailing
Lis~ Nintendo "Donkey Kong", Ant~Straw Mod, Free Games? •
Taito Service Tips: "Grand Champion'" Lock-Up, "Kram" High Score
ROM Revision, "Electric Yo Yo" ROM Revision, "Qix", "Alpine Ski",
"Wild Western", "Kram" and "Electric Yo Yo" Power Supply Mod
• Sega's New Customer Service N11nbers • Atari Color Rasterscan
Monitors/Troubleshooting Guide • Bally/ Midway External Video
Game Monitor • Gremlin/Sega "Turbo'" Notes: Steering Board
Modttication. Typo Errors in Mini Owners Manual • A.P.E. lntrolilces
Line of Desoldering Systems
Circuit Track Repair Kits •
lnQuizltive • Electronic Technicians Association Elects Officers
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IOL. 4/#8 OCTOBER '82
Midway "Tron" Notes: Upright/Cocktail PCBs, Video Cable • Atari
"Dig Dug" Freeze Game Action • Midway "Tron" Rack Advance •
Atari Power Supply Suggestion • Sega/Gremlin "Frogge(' Audio
Volume Mod • Pace's CIR-KIT for Repair of Tracks on PCBs •
Williams "Stargate'' and "Robotron" PCB Compatibility • Nintendo
Flange Mount/Credit SokJtion • Taito: Troubleshooting PCBs •
Gottlieb System 80 General Troubleshooting Guide • Wells-Gardner
CRT Replacements • TaitoColn Door Cable Precautlon/"Kram", "Yo
Yo" and "Space Dungeon" • On The Service Trail ... Games in '83 •
Juklloax N>ticatlons Reviewed • Gott11eb"Caveman"/ Maintenance
aid Servicing Access to Monitor • Star*Tech Journal 3rd Annual
Reader Survey Results • New System Pmtew/Talto's "Jungle
King'' • Sega/GremNn's ROM Line(Part 1) • Atari"Dig Dug" Cradtt
Mod/New Rev PCBs • Gottlieb's "Reactor": A Technical Outline •
Chicago Switch's New Spill Resistant Switch for Games •
"Tempest" By Atari - Video Art • Nintendo "Donkey Kong
Jr."/Addlng a Slam Switch • Stern Reset Modification for "Super
Cobra" Type Logic Boards • Gottlieb "Haunted House" LOWllr Level
Up-Kicker Final Solution • lnOuizltive • A.M.OA 1982 Exposttion
eK-TRON's Coln/Cl#lffl:y Counter aid Weighing Scale
IOL. 4/ #9 NOVEMBER '82
Bally/Midway Service Bulletins: "Tron", "Solar Fox", "Blue Print" •
Pace's Power Desoldering System • Atari "Tempest Monitor Jitters
• On The Service Trail ... Game Security, New Producl/K-T ron Scale,
"Tron" Handles, "Zaxxon" Joystick. Hum Bar and "Ms. Pac-Man",
"Satan's Hollow'' Power Supply Jumper • Bally/Midway Toll-Free
Service Numbers • Manufacts: Technical Tips For Atari "Dig Dug"
and"Centipede" • ROM/PROMTestRigforSignatureAnalysis • In
Other Words: Integrated Circuit Functions • Bally/Midway's Video
Troubl&-shooting Guide • Randustrial Corporation's Overnight Floor
Resurfacer • Jensen Toors 1982-83 Catalog • ETA Wage Survey
• Choosing Location Speaker Systems • New System Preview/
Nintendo's "Donkey Kong Junior" • lnQuizltive • Pacttic Amuse-
ment Operators Show • Sega/Gremlin's ROM Line (Part 2) •
Troubleshooting the Wells-Gardner Color X-Y Monitor Power Supply
• Taito Memory Failure Trolbteshooting Procedu-e • Tll)dlleshooting
Gottlieb Displays
IOL. 4/#10 DECEMBER '82
AMOA Expo'82 • ldentttyinglC Socket Problems• Troubleshooting
the Electrohome G07 HVL Circuit • Sega/Gremlin's ROM Line (Part
3) • The "Bea(' Facts ... "Whac-a-Mole" Ticket Motor Drive • On
The Service Trail ... Rowe BC-35 Bill Changer, Williams' Games •
Midway "Tron" Limited Buy-In Feature • Manufacts: Atari Power-
On Reset and Watchdog Circuits • New System Preview/Gottlieb's
"Q•Bert'' • Taito "Grand Champion" Steering Wheel Mod • In Other
Words/Electronic Components • Tax Tips for Coir>-Op Amusement
Operators (Depreciating Equipment - New or Used) • lnQuizltive
• Taito "Jungle King'' to "Jungle Hunt' Conversion Kit
IOL. 4/#11 JANUARY '83
More AMOA '82 Show Reviews • Williams Electronics Pinball
Maintenance • Pacific Amusement Operators Show Filming •
Pace's Portable Gold Plating System for PCB Repair • Sega
Electronics' ROM Line (Part 4) • On The Service Trail ... AMOA '82
. The Operato<'s Viewpoint • News Bits/EEPROMs • Nintendo's
"Donkey Kong" Button Quick Fix • The "Bea(' Facts ... CMOS
Construction and Handling. Namco "Shoot Away'' Maintenance,
"Fanky Malloon Balloon Machine" Operation • Atari Symptoms and
Solutions: "Dig-Dug" ROM Update/Joystick Mod/Reset Mod, "Centi-
pede" Trackball Mods. "Battlezone·· Handles • New System
Preview/Williams' "Joust' • Sega Electronics Symptoms and
Solutions: "T..tlo'" Video Display, "Monaco GP" 1 Coin/1 Play Mod.
"Space Fury" Moving Lines • Manufacts: Summary of Major Op-
Amp Circuits (Part 1) • Bally/M ldway Service Bulletins: "Super Pac-
Man" Anti-Stringing Circui~ "Super Pac-Man" Rack Advance Tes~
"B1Xger Time" Lock-Up Mod, Additional Static Protection Kit •
AMOA Expo '82 Revisited • Centuri "Swimmef" Switch Settings •
lnOuizltive